US government is funding website spreading Covid-19 disinformation
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Andrew R from Science | The Guardian on (#540YH)
State Department-backed Armenian project to promote democracy instead features false information
The US government is funding a website in Armenia which is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, including warnings that Armenians ought to refuse" future vaccine programmes.
The website, Medmedia.am, was launched with the help of a US State Department grant meant to promote democracy, but instead has been used to promote false information about Covid-19, according to an investigation by the British news website openDemocracy.
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